Otherways

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Otherwise; by another means; in other respects not-comparable
  2. 2
    Otherwise; in different circumstances. not-comparable, obsolete

    "[…] you must now serve the upper part thereof with water as well as the under, and thereby keep the sap in equal motion, as well below as above ground; otherways the young branches of your trees will be parched, instead of being nourished […]"

  3. 3
    In a similar or comparable way; similarly. Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete

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agreeablycontrarilydifferentlydissimilarlysimilarly

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"Judas could no otherways betray him than by giving information where he was, and pointing him out to the officers that went to arrest him."

Etymology

From other + ways.

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